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Why do I love this cover of OK Magazine?

It’s the first time a national celebrity weekly has treated a gay couple as “normal.”

Gone is the “Yes, I’m Gay” line.  In 2008, that line makes it feels like this type of story is a SHOCK.  And, it’s not.

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Lindsay’s comeback cover enters CoverAwards’ Hot Cover List at #8!

Can Lindsay’s Career Be Revived by Posing on the Cover of a Magazine?

In the last month, Lindsay’s appeared on New York Magazine, Paper and Bazaar all in an effort to stage a comeback. 

The only way Lindsay can get back in the good graces of Hollywood’s elite is to show she’s serious about staying healthy by her actions.  If she screws up again, there’s nothing a magazine cover will do to save her career or her life!

The New York Times decided to analyze Lindsay’s comeback effort in the March 9th issue.  Here are some highlights from yesterday’s article:

• “A cover on Vogue or Bazaar, I think of it as the new celebrity rehab,” said Liz Rosenberg, the publicist for Madonna. “Some people go to Utah,” she said, a reference to the Cirque Lodge detox program, where Ms. Lohan was treated. “Others go to Smashbox and do a photo shoot.  A person in a position to greenlight a movie project might say, ‘Oh, I guess she’s turning her life around,’ ” Ms. Rosenberg said.

• That is Ms. Lohan’s hope, her publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, acknowledged last week. “Her appearance on Bazaar is part of a strategic repositioning,” she said.

Lindsay Lohan’s Marilyn Monroe-inspired striptease for New York was the magazine’s biggest selling issue of the past four years, according to the NY Times.

“Right now I just want to find a great script, a great role,” Lohan said in the March issue of Paper.

“When I look back on this last year, it’s like what was I thinking?” she said in the March issue of Harper’s Bazaar.

For the complete article and to find out other stars that used that same strategy as Lindsay Lohan, click here.

Can Lindsay’s career be saved?  What do you think?  Is your perception of Lindsay changing because of these covers?

Well, there’s no stopping Lindsay now. 

My question is: How much more can she show off?

Anyhow, it looks like Lindsay’s recent New York Magazine cover got the attention of Hugh Hefner and now she’s a Playboy cover contender.

Have you had enough Lindsay covers?   

By far, the most talked about cover of the week!  I’m in Phoenix attending the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau Conference) and in the airport I overheard numerous people at the newsstand talking about the Lindsay Lohan cover.    Not only is the magazine flying off the newsstand, it’s crashing  NYMag.com, according to AdAge’s Nat Ives.  

At this point, you’re seeing Lindsay Lohan everywhere!  

Hey, the girl is looking for work.  Can you blame her?

So when New York Magazine asked her to pose nude like Marilyn Monroe - Lindsay said why the $%*&% not?

I applaud both Lindsay and New York Magazine for making this happen.

I wish we would see stuff like this on the celebrity weekly front - but I fear we’ll continue to see the same boring, packaged stories for a long-time to come.  

When was the last time you heard about a celebrity weekly title creating buzz the way this New York Magazine title is grabbing headlines?  (I was watching my favorite morning news show on MSNBC, Morning Joe,  and during the entertainment segment they were even talking about it!)    

Anyhow, back to analyzing this cover.   In my opinion, it represents the future of magazines!  That’s a big statement, I know.  But let me explain:

To survive and stay relevant, editors need to think about creating compelling covers that attract readers on the newsstand, keep subscribers and also create content that generates buzz.   This one does all of that! 

At the end of the year, this will still be one of the most talked about covers!